Original team owner Walter Brown wanted a hook to try and get Boston's (at the time) large Irish population coming to home games and buying tickets ... So, he hit upon the idea of using the very Irish "Celtics" as the name. Also the team's mascot is called "Lucky the Leprechaun". Again very Irish.
Original team owner Walter Brown wanted a hook to try and get Boston's (at the time) large Irish population coming to home games and buying tickets ... So, he hit upon the idea of using the very Irish "Celtics" as the name. Also the team's mascot is called "Lucky the Leprechaun". Again very Irish.
The Celtics settled there.
Boston Celtics is the name of a professonal Basketball team in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The Boston Celtics are from Massachusetts.
Lucky The Leprachaun
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The Celtics go by the nickname "Celts" and play in the city of Boston
The TD Garden
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The stadium where the Boston Celtics play is called the TD Garden.
The Boston Celtics are from Massachusetts.
The Boston Celtics play in the Eastern Conference.